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2022.06.20 (Mon)

【#930】Pax Americana Is Over

June 20, 2022 　 The online edition of Foreign Affairs on June 13 carried an article headlined “The Real End of Pax Americana.” Its author is Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign...

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2022.06.14 (Tue)

【#927】Brzezinski’s Respectable Foresight

June 13, 2022 　 Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as national security adviser to U.S. President Jimmy Carter, authored a book titled “The Grand Chessboard” 25 years ago. French demographer Emmanuel T...

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2022.05.18 (Wed)

【#917】Okinawa’s Anti-Mainland Sentiment Is Difficult to Eliminate

May 16, 2022 　 While events to mark the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to Japan took place at various locations in Japan these days, I sensed little rejoicing from the bottom of heart expre...

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2022.05.02 (Mon)

【#914】Chance Has Come for Japan to Amend Constitution

May 2, 2022 　 Changes in the international situation are prompting the need for Japan to amend the constitution. The Ukraine war has led North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries to enhance defen...

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2022.04.06 (Wed)

【#906】American Decline Contributing International Disorder

April 4, 2022 　 The purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down," said Lord Hastings Ismay who served as military adviser ...

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2022.03.16 (Wed)

【#896】Japan Insensitive to International Security Crisis

March 14, 2022 　 Where has the time gone when postwar U.S. Presidents Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy hoisted flag of democracy and liberalism to lead the world brilliantly? A...

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2022.02.24 (Thu)

【#888】Ukraine Crisis Signals Change in U.S.-Europe Alliance

February 21, 2022 　 The world is breathlessly watching whether Russian troops would invade Ukraine, wondering how large the potential war would be. Be that as it may, the United States’ and major Eu...

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2022.02.09 (Wed)

【#882】Ishihara Readily Agreed to Become a JINF Director

February 7, 2022 　 I was startled when hearing the death of Shintaro Ishihara in a TV news program from 7 p.m. on February 1. This may be because the news came soon after I saw a video showing that ...

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2022.02.02 (Wed)

【#879】Is Germany a Russian Ally?

January 31, 2022 　 “Germany is no longer a credible ally,” writes Tom Rogan, a foreign policy and national security writer for the conservative Washington Examiner magazine.　“Germany often acts like...

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2021.12.29 (Wed)

【#866】Will America Decline or Come Back?

December 27, 2021 　 There may be three major trends towards the New Year in the international situation. First, the United Nations and other international organizations established just after World ...

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